Ran out of fish before this

HertogJan · 01-05-13, 12:50 PM

After being send to patrol the entrance of Tokyo- bay and the East China Sea I was send to Luzon Straight where I got this problem....

Left with 2 bow torpedoes and 2 aft torpedoes, my sonar man got a contact bearing 266, moving fast...
After checking the map and plotting a intercept course I came to the conclusion it wasn't worth the fuel to go and intercept when sonar went mental with multiple contacts ... and another contact long range, bearing 30.

With my 18Knts I was able to get within 6.5Nm of the reported convoy and got a glans of it.

She had:

_ 1 Kongo
_ 1 Fuso
_ 2 Maya Cruisers
_ 3 Mogamy Cruisers
_ 4 smaller Cruisers
_ 6 or 8 troop transports
And a lot of escorts

After identifying most of the vessels I wanted to report in but for some reason I couldn't

(icon stayed broken).
I had to leave the TF to be able to intercept the second contact (which turned into 3 contacts during the chase of the TF) but with a very bad tast in my mouth

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Luckely I got something for all the trouble, the 3 contacts where 2 DD's and a lage Troop transport (second in the Merchant hand book)

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I was able to put 2 torpedoes in her, 1 at 1/4 from aft and the second at 2/3 from bow which was enough to stop her dead in the water, evading the DD's for over 2hr I went back to the last position of the Tr.Transp. and found her almost under but not willing to go down, I crawled in postion 4000y out to fire my last 2 aft fish and high tail it out of there again before the DD's got wind of me again.

Armistead · 01-05-13, 03:20 PM

Usually to be able to report, your crew has to get a visual before the button will activate. Stinks, because you can obviously see what your crew cannot.

HertogJan · 01-05-13, 04:54 PM

uhu

Red October1984 · 01-05-13, 05:27 PM

I just ran out of torps in a big merchant convoy. There are 3 ships left...time for some deck gun action

HertogJan · 01-05-13, 05:57 PM

...Think I was a bit outgunned for that type of assault

made a quick calculation... About 70-ish guns to 1

Red October1984 · 01-05-13, 06:10 PM

Some patrol craft showed up. Had to break contact.

Made it out with 22070 tons.

I got 2 medals and a shiny new Balao.

01-05-13, 12:50 PM	#1
HertogJan Weps Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 357 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	Ran out of fish before this After being send to patrol the entrance of Tokyo- bay and the East China Sea I was send to Luzon Straight where I got this problem.... Left with 2 bow torpedoes and 2 aft torpedoes, my sonar man got a contact bearing 266, moving fast... After checking the map and plotting a intercept course I came to the conclusion it wasn't worth the fuel to go and intercept when sonar went mental with multiple contacts ... and another contact long range, bearing 30. With my 18Knts I was able to get within 6.5Nm of the reported convoy and got a glans of it. She had: _ 1 Kongo _ 1 Fuso _ 2 Maya Cruisers _ 3 Mogamy Cruisers _ 4 smaller Cruisers _ 6 or 8 troop transports And a lot of escorts After identifying most of the vessels I wanted to report in but for some reason I couldn't (icon stayed broken). I had to leave the TF to be able to intercept the second contact (which turned into 3 contacts during the chase of the TF) but with a very bad tast in my mouth . Luckely I got something for all the trouble, the 3 contacts where 2 DD's and a lage Troop transport (second in the Merchant hand book). I was able to put 2 torpedoes in her, 1 at 1/4 from aft and the second at 2/3 from bow which was enough to stop her dead in the water, evading the DD's for over 2hr I went back to the last position of the Tr.Transp. and found her almost under but not willing to go down, I crawled in postion 4000y out to fire my last 2 aft fish and high tail it out of there again before the DD's got wind of me again.

01-05-13, 03:20 PM	#2
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Usually to be able to report, your crew has to get a visual before the button will activate. Stinks, because you can obviously see what your crew cannot. __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

01-05-13, 05:27 PM	#4
Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,243 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	I just ran out of torps in a big merchant convoy. There are 3 ships left...time for some deck gun action __________________

01-05-13, 06:10 PM	#6
Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,243 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	Some patrol craft showed up. Had to break contact. Made it out with 22070 tons. I got 2 medals and a shiny new Balao. __________________

01-05-13, 04:54 PM	#3
HertogJan Weps Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 357 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	uhu

01-05-13, 05:57 PM	#5
HertogJan Weps Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 357 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	...Think I was a bit outgunned for that type of assault made a quick calculation... About 70-ish guns to 1